Ute Lehmann Explained

Ute Lehmann
Fullname:Ute Lehmann
Birth Date:10 August 1941
Birth Place:Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany
Death Place:Leipzig
Discipline:RG
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Ute Polster-Lehmann (10 August 1941 – 11 March 1994) was a German rhythmic gymnast who competed for East Germany. She was the 1967 world all-around silver medalist.

Biography

Lehmann was born in 1941 in Berlin-Lichterfelde.[1] She appeared in the first ever World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 1963 held in Budapest, Hungary finishing 10th in the all-around. Her second appearance at the 1965 World Championships she finished 8th in the All-around. Lehmann achieved success at the 1967 World Championships in Copenhagen winning the all-around silver medal behind Soviet Elena Karpuchina, and won a bronze medal in rope.

In 1969, she married the opera singer Hermann Christian Polster. She died in 1994 in Leipzig.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kluge, Volker . Volker Kluge

    . Volker Kluge . 2 . Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien. . The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. . . Berlin . 2004 . 3-89602-538-4 . 341f . de.